Red Sox Junkies

Well, you've got to teach your kids while they're young who the proper teams are to root for. 
Trey's a big fan of thumping his chest with a fist a couple of times then saying "peace out" every morning before I leave for class. I'll take credit for that one!
"There is an awful imbalance to our relationship with athletes, as if we are looking through a one-way mirror. We know them, love them, dress like them and some how believe our actions, however trivial, alter the outcome of theirs, all while they know only that we are there but cannot really see us." I read that in an old Sports Illustrated a few years ago and couldn't help but laugh because it's so true. I never realized how true it was until I saw Trey yelling, well not really yelling, but interacting with the TV during a golf tournament as a player was putting. He was doing exactly what I did trying to coerce the ball into the hole while sitting on the couch going "Uh-uh-uh-uh-Oh!" It's something to behold watching a three year old imitate his dad. Baseball season has finally begun and now I have something other than family and school to occupy my time, as if my time wasn't taken enough already.  But the Sox look to have a promising year, and of course I feel the need to baptize Trey in to Red Sox Nation! Every year we've lived in California we've made it to a Sox/A's game and it looks like this could be the year we don't make it because of time. I will say though, every one of the games we've attended the Red Sox have been whooped, so maybe we should stay home! I guess that only gives more credence to the above quote, but hey if my staying home rather than going to the game helps them win I'm all for it. It's pretty cute to see Trey running around with his little Sox hat on, and it certainly makes this Papa proud. We of course had throw Kaden in to the mix since he's almost as big as Trey anyway. These boys are a tremendous joy to come home to every day after a grueling class schedule. Julie in every way brings me sanity just by being here, and for that I love her. She does everything for our family and takes little credit for it.  I only hope that I can be the support to her that she is for me. While our lives are hectic, we are learning much. We feel it a blessing to be working hard for something that will make life better for us in the long run, even if it takes us a while to get there. We live in a choice little town, we're happy...not to mention healthy, and almost half way done with school! So while I'm 20 pounds heavier with a little less hair on my head than when school started I could not be happier with where we're at as a family right now. 

Disclaimer: Trey is NOT flipping off the camera in the last picture!